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SheetTX-LEANDER-TX · Leander, TX 67,880 pop · income 92nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Leander
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Leander on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Albany · lowest
45,201
Albany · lowest
45,201 median HH income
32.2% of the leader · rank #1
Arlington · near
140,160
Arlington · near
140,160 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
McSwain · near
140,173
McSwain · near
140,173 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
Leander · this city
140,180
Leander · this city
140,180 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #4
Jupiter Farms · near
140,213
Jupiter Farms · near
140,213 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #5
Lake Waconda · near
140,221
Lake Waconda · near
140,221 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #6
Weston · highest
140,501
Weston · highest
140,501 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Leander on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 67,880.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Leander - the verdict
Nationally, Leander sits in the 92nd percentile for household income and the 62nd percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
92nd
percentile, household income
83rd
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
62nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Leander, TX
Leander is a small city in Texas, home to 67,880 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Leander brings in $140,180 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.0%. Typical homes in Leander are valued around $470,700, and the median resident age is 35.9 years. 52.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 73.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 1,193 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 47% from five years earlier. Leander reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1057.7 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Texas scores 97.1 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). The average commute for Leander workers runs 21.6 minutes, with 61.4% driving alone and 27.8% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Leander's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to reported crime to population change to comparison shortlist to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Leander, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Leander?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Leander?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1057.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 54% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +30,264 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +49.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 1,193 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Leander?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Spring (67,103 residents, $86,888 income); San Marcos (68,920 residents, $51,030 income); Victoria (65,514 residents, $68,233 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Albany, GA (67,939 residents); Weston, FL (67,952 residents); Apex, NC (67,765 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Leander?
The NCES join finds 23 public schools within the city match. 52.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
23
Bachelor's degree+
52.3%
Poverty estimate
3.0%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in Leander?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 61.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.6 minutes.
Public transit
1.4%
Work from home
27.8%
Drive alone
61.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 37,058 workers age 16+.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$140,180
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
52.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B+
70 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Leander profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 93/100 (A+) · $140,180
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.3%
Poverty rate: 79/100 (B+) · 3.0%
Violent crime: 79/100 (B+) · 70 /100k
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Where Leander sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Leander's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Leander highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Leander, TX (this city): home $470,700, crime 1,058/100k
Albany, GA : home $118,700, crime 2,432/100k
Jackson, TN : home $195,000, crime 4,111/100k
Union City, CA : home $1,058,200, crime 2,643/100k
Eagan, MN : home $380,800, crime 1,873/100k
San Marcos, TX : home $269,700, crime 2,617/100k
Victoria, TX : home $193,200, crime 2,283/100k
North Richland Hills, TX : home $324,800, crime 2,456/100k
Pflugerville, TX : home $354,900, crime 1,809/100k
Rowlett, TX : home $342,400, crime 1,457/100k
How does Leander compare to other US cities?
Leander measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value83% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety62% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: Leander ranks #246 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Leander against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Leander near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Leander ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Leander only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#89 of 1,520
94th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#94 of 1,505
94th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1,277 of 1,663
23rd percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#113 of 1,663
93rd percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
92nd percentile nationally for median household income · 62nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Leander's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Leander's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Leander's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$470,70017th percentilemore affordable than 17% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Leander's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,377 of 15,516
More affordable than 46% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#178 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 3.4×, Leander sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,377 of 15,516 and #178 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$140,180Leander, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Leander, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Leander, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)73.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
67,880
Median Income
$140,180
Median Home Value
$470,700
Median Age
35.9
Poverty Rate
3.0%
Labor force participation
73.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1057.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
69.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
988.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
23
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Leander's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
60,868 residents
2021
67,099 residents
2022
74,584 residents
2023
80,540 residents
2024
87,680 residents
2025
91,132 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
1,193
housing units authorized
Single-Family
1,190
detached homes
Multifamily
3
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
17.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
2,239
1,769
470
$464.1M
2020
2,302
2,014
288
$443.2M
2021
3,233
2,399
834
$599.1M
2022
2,301
1,692
609
$483.3M
2023
2,578
1,701
877
$576.6M
2024
1,193
1,190
3
$360.4M
Permit volume decreased 47% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.6 minutes
Drive Alone
61.4%
Carpool
6.7%
Public Transit
1.4%
Walk
1.2%
Work from Home
27.8%
Other
1.5%
Based on 37,058 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Leander. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Leander is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Leander sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Leander compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.